What would be different today?
Posted by jimjamesjames 9 years, 10 months ago to Culture
How about "amending" the Declaration of Independence" "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
Change it to: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights AND RESPONSBILITIES, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights AND RESPONSIBILITIES, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed....
Change it to: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights AND RESPONSBILITIES, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights AND RESPONSIBILITIES, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed....
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Property.